Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-142, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN OFFENDER MAY RECEIVE A SENTENCE REDUCTION FOR MODEL BEHAVIOR IN ADDITION TO REDUCTIONS FOR MERITORIOUS EARNED TIME; TO PROVIDE THAT OFFENDERS PARTICIPATING IN THE MODEL BEHAVIOR INCENTIVE SENTENCE REDUCTION PROGRAM MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REDUCTION OF SENTENCE OR A REDUCTION IN THE LEVEL OF INCARCERATION, OR BOTH, SUBJECT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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